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Method for the synthesis of tryptophan analogs in aqueous solvents at reduced temperatures

a technology of aqueous solvent and tryptophan analog, which is applied in the direction of lyases, carbon-oxygen lyases, enzymology, etc., can solve the problems of multiple steps, the need to pre-synthesize the water-sensitive electrophilic, etc., and achieve the effect of improving activity

Active Publication Date: 2019-09-05
CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH
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This patent describes a type of protein called TrpB, which is found in a specific type of bacteria. In some cases, this protein is modified to make it more effective at very hot temperatures (20-50°C). This modification makes the protein more efficient in its activity.

Problems solved by technology

Despite this, ncAAs are prevalent precursors for functional synthetic compounds, including over 12% of the 200 top-selling pharmaceuticals.1 However, ncAAs are challenging synthetic targets, since they possess at minimum two reactive functional groups (the amine and carboxylic acid) and typically have at least one stereocenter.
As a result, synthetic routes to ncAAs typically require multiple steps, most of which use organic solvents.2,3 One of the most direct routes to ncAAs is to add a nucleophile to the β-position of a serine-derived lactone4-6 or aziridine7-8(FIG. 1A), but this approach has certain drawbacks, such as the need to pre-synthesize the water-sensitive electrophilic reactants.
Unfortunately, most enzymatic methods to synthesize ncAAs, such as those that rely on hydrolases or transaminases, require that the majority of the final product be synthesized in advance, usually by chemical means, with the enzyme only appearing at the end to set the stereochemistry.
However, the chemical synthesis requires multiple steps, including a low-yielding Pd-catalyzed cyanation reaction.

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neering for Improved Synthesis of Tryptophan Variants

[0160]General Experimental Methods.

[0161]Chemicals and reagents were purchased from commercial sources and used without further purification. The proton NMR spectrum was recorded on a Bruker 400 MHz (100 MHz) spectrometer equipped with a cryogenic probe. Proton chemical shifts are reported in ppm (δ) relative to tetramethylsilane and calibrated using the residual solvent resonance (DMSO, δ 2.50 ppm). The NMR spectrum was recorded at ambient temperature (about 25° C.). Preparative reversed-phase chromatography was performed on a Biotage Isolera One purification system, using C18 silica as the stationary phase, with CH3OH as the strong solvent and H2O (0.1% HCl by weight) as the weak solvent. Liquid chromatography / mass spectrometry (LCMS) was performed on an Agilent 1290 UPLC-LCMS equipped with a C-18 silica column (1.8 μm, 2.1×50 mm) using CH3CN / H2O (0.1% acetic acid by volume): 5% to 95% CH3CN over 4 min; 1 mL / min. The optical pur...

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le Production of 4-Cyanotryptophan

[0198]The enzyme Tm9D8* was prepared in four 250 mL TBamp expression cultures according to the procedure described above. The cell pellet (16.6 grams) was lysed by resuspension in 66 mL of 50 mM KPi buffer that contained 7.6 mg PLP, 72 mg HEWL, and 6.7 mg DNase. BugBuster® (7.8 mL, 10× concentration) was added, and then the suspension was shaken at 230 RPM and 37° C. for 15 minutes. The suspension was subjected to centrifugation at 4,500 g and 4° C. (5 minutes) and then immersed in a water bath at 75° C. After 30 minutes, the heat-treated lysate was cooled on ice, then subjected to centrifugation at 15,000 g and 4° C. (15 minutes). In a 500-mL Erlenmeyer flask, 4-cyanoindole (1.0 g, 7.0 mmol) and serine (810 mg, 7.7 mmol) were suspended in DMSO (35 mL) and 50 mM KPi buffer (750 mL). Heat-treated lysate (75 mL) was added, then the reaction mixture was incubated at 40° C. and 60 rpm. After 65 hours, the reaction mixture was cooled on ice for 90 minute...

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TrpB Activity / Temperature Profile

[0200]The activity of Tm9D8* at 30° C. was tested with a set of 5-substituted indole analogues (5-OH—, 5-OMe-, 5-Br—, 5-CN-indole). Each reaction was prepared by charging a 2 mL glass HPLC vial with 10 μL of a 0.4 M solution of the indole analogue in DMSO, followed by the addition of 190 μL of a solution containing enzyme, serine, and potassium phosphate buffer (50 mM, pH 8.0). This gave final concentrations of 4 μM enzyme (0.02 mol %, 5000 maximum turnovers), 20 mM serine, 20 mM indole analogue, and 5% DMSO in a total volume of 200 μL. The reactions were then incubated in a 30° C. water bath for 6 hours and then worked up with 800 L of a 1:1 1 M aq. HCl / CH3CN mixture and vortexed. The reactions were transferred to microcentrifuge tubes and subjected to centrifugation at >10,000 g for 10 min and analyzed via LCMS. Product yield was calculated by comparing the integrations of the product and nucleophile absorbance peaks at 254 nm.

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Abstract

The present disclosure provides methods for preparing tryptophans and tryptophan derivatives. The methods include: combining i) an indole substrate or azulene substrate, ii) a serine substrate, and iii) an engineered tryptophan synthase β-subunit (TrpB); and maintaining the resulting mixture under conditions sufficient to form the product compound. The engineered TrpB comprises a PLP binding loop mutation, a helix 1 mutation, a strand 7-8 mutation, or a combination thereof. New TrpB variants are also described.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Pat. Appl. No. 62 / 637,262, filed on Mar. 1, 2018, which application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.STATEMENT AS TO RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE UNDER FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT[0002]This invention was made with government support under Grant No. GM117635 awarded by the National Institutes of Health. The government has certain rights in the invention.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Noncanonical α-amino acids (ncAAs) resemble the building blocks of natural proteins but are not themselves used in protein synthesis. Despite this, ncAAs are prevalent precursors for functional synthetic compounds, including over 12% of the 200 top-selling pharmaceuticals.1 However, ncAAs are challenging synthetic targets, since they possess at minimum two reactive functional groups (the amine and carboxylic acid) and typically have at least one stereocenter. As a re...

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IPC IPC(8): C12P17/10C12N9/88
CPCC12P17/10C12Y402/0102C12N9/88C07D209/08C07D209/20C12P13/04C12P13/227
Inventor BOVILLE, CHRISTINA E.ROMNEY, DAVID K.ALMHJELL, PATRICK J.SIEBEN, MICHAELA M.
Owner CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH